New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28
ART NEWS AND COMMENro
THE WEEK IN ART CIRCLES.

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the exhibition will be opened to the public eek ro
to-day. There good reasons tor expect ng a com
paratively small and well-chosen exhibition. wboII
will represent pronounced change for the better Y
tho policy of the Academy. The opening, thereto,rss
Will NC nopeiui'y """''1 1s.a
The results OF the Stewart salo with few exceptions
were not surprising. 1t has been said that If three o.
four pictures were taken out. the remainder would
bring no more than the Seney pictures and thi, Ia.
been tho case. Taking out the" 1907" and HON
Fair" the amount is $780,, OCO against 4O6 900 for
the Seney collection The sale has been much NOR
calm and discreet affair than tho sale Ut the MORAN
pictures the obvious reason being that larger mum
Der OF latter appealed to the taste OF the day. Va
where comparisons could be directly institutsdIssi
weeks sale seemed characterized by less enthusiasm
than that OF year ago For example. small waite,
color painting oil q single figure and vase by Fotun,
brought about $1,000 at the Morgan SALE while ths
"SeIpept Charmer" in the Stewart collection was old
for only S13, 100 and the Beach at POrtci To-
80 100 At the rate OF the Morgan Fortuny thes
pictures st ould have brought 500 At the price
as prices 90 in NewYoik they were certainly remark
doubled its cost, but the "Portici" fell snort BY
$3, 900, On the whole there was gain of $4,000
upon tho original cost, but the Geromes and Messo.
niers showed q falling of. although the vogus of
these artists Is supposed to DO firmly established,
Gero%s's o. Chariot ;n Race" which cost $4,000,
$4,000 WIS sold for $ll 900 and his sColIabors.
ticn" which was bought for $17 800 brought S. 100
The three Geromes cost $50 800 and bought $4,000
o shrinkage which s most extraordinary hen II Il re-
membered that the works of this art st are in hgh d.
mand. 1t is said that Gerome paid an architect
$4,000 tor set OF drawings OF the Circus Maxuu u.s.
which were used in the Chariot Race" 1t this Is
true helps 70 explain the price which he
asked Tor the picture. Meissoniers "ISO7" cost
10000 in Paris, or $780, 900 in New-Yvrk adding the
may be estimated at 600 or s3 600 Tbs.e twc
pictures together brought $3.50. 900. or What tho
1907 cost eleven years ago. The interest would
now amount to more than half the cost, and as the
artists career Is nearly ended the picture would he
supposed to be more valuable IN 1887 than in 1879
But 1t shows no gain IN price, Messoniel's AT the
Barracks cost S2f 900 and brought $4,000 His
Charity" cost $4,000 and was sold tor $40 800
The total cost of the Meissoniers was Sill 900 and
they brought 500, 500.
There appears to be hesitation on the part of
"experts" in admitting that the " 1907" should be-
sent to Paris and Meissonier himself employed to at.
tend to the cracking and supervise whatever repairs
are necessary. This Is TO be done with the At the
Barracks whose slghter cracking has also been
tended TO. The purchasers OF the latter frankly say
that they propose to have the picture put good
dton and will send it to Paris at in order that it
may be refined and receive ans other attention that
may seem desirable.
The examples of Troyon, Zamacois and Daabiguy-
brought more than they cost, the Nco which cost
so, 600 brought SIS $50 and the q Horse Fair" the
estirn ated cost OF which was $4,000, brought
$4,000 w. p. Wright, from whom Mr.. Stewart
bought the Horse Fair, was unwilling TO sell oLe
picture without selling ts entire gallery, which Mr..
Stewart was Obliged TO take although his agent dis
posed OF all or nearly all the other pictures In this
purchase the I" Horse Fair estimated at $4,000.
Aside from these few pictures and very few others
everything went at prices below the cost The
Dusseldorf pictures naturally showed dismal falling
of; and even the pictures OF FreIe, De Nettis,
Jimenez Bodni and Never Won Bremen were sold Tor
much less than the cost Mr. Stewart evidently paid
very high prices, tor although money PAID tor pct
ures layshly now than in bis time. the general
depreciation OF values shown by this sale Is remafka,
BILE, when the large proportion OF old fashioned
pictures is taken into consideration.
The American pictures made more showing in
reality than mos, of the foreign works. Only three
out of twentytour advanced upon their cost Mr. East
man Johnson's " Contab,' Mr.. A. +. Tats ;" Lost in
the Snow AM Mr. G. Is. Buffers Capri Rose, but
this is fully as large az the portion OF advances
among the foreign pictures The most co,uy pictures
tion," Mr. Bierstadts Emerald Pool, and Dir.
Church's Niagara" 1t is said that the former was
sold b the % S5 % SIt f the .ao soa
81, 300 Each OF the others cost $4,000 and
brought, the Church $1,000 the Bierstadt s3, 100.
Taking out the Iii bert Stuart the cost OF which Is not
given. twe.ty-three American pctures which cost
$s4 $50 brought s30,s50 This, it may be noted, is
almost precisely the same as the shrnkage upon tho
Geromes, which cost $4,000 and were sold FOL
500 200 Mr. Stewards pictures cost him about
$7sI.0OO, and were sold tor S3l3,1oO, about ~
per cent OF their cost.
The exhibition OF the Probasco collection at the
American Art Galleries will be opened to the public
on April o. The time for receiving pictures tor the
Prize Fund exhibition has been extended to April TO-
Among the pictures be submitted the study TOR
Les Halles de Paris" NJ f. NJ Boggss Salon picture
OF this year which is now in Boston; The Wounded
Officer" by Gilbert Gaul, Arrival OF the Fishing
Boats-Dieppe "by,W. E.Norton, Forging the Blade
by +. s. Dellenbaugh, The Tide River by {. Ii.
Woodbury. and pictures by Messrs Stanley Middleton,
c. X. LOOMS and J. A. ;. Monks. There IS promise
OF some sculpture worth consideration at both the
Prize Fund exhibition and the Academy No prize has
ever been awarded 10 sculpture at these exhibtons
indeed soul pture is not eligible at the Academy but
the circulars OF the Prize Fund exhibition mention the
works OF either painters or sculptors, an It Is to %
hoped that some scuptcrs may tie found which shaIl
he worthy OF the recognition implied IN It's purchase
tor museum.
tncther special exhibition is open at Ortsiess Gal.
ery. Sir. Joseph f. Cropsey whose name has become
synonymous with American autumn. exhibits a eoiec'
ton OF pictures and stables including a few by ms
daughter Miss l.. +. Cropsey Al the same gauefy
there IS an exhibition which should attract much intel
est among the multitude who concern themselves WIN
pho graphy The exhibitors are the Photographic
SOVIET, OF Philadelphia the Boston CaTera Clno ana
the Society OF Amateur photographers OF New FORK
There will be " lantern exhibitions at o'clock on
this and Wednesday and Friday evenings
There has been au exhibition OF water coors at the
Canadian Club during the last week which has Nus
trated in an interesting way the treatment oil topo'
graphical facts in Large and impressive manner Inc
artist, Mr. J. A. Fraser, has brought from the Gan,
adian Rocky Mountains series OF water color yewso
scenes all the way from Laggan on tho Atlautc sUP
to Butf-rd Inlet the Pacific. These water coiors
were made tor the owners of various Jortioas oil ta
country, and il therefore necessary ter the a.s
to present hkenesses and TO deal win 9esO.P "a
rather than imaginative compositions. Mercy as
records these views the widest mountain sceneryo
wooded canons Drawing torrents, glaciers ana gae
rivers have impressive character In some respec'
the scenery differs from that in Rocky moua
tains but It resembles that found in portions oil
ington Territor, notably about Nit. Tacoma whose
glaciers have already attracted the attention OF al
least one artist, Mr.. w Richards. Our early ihtro.
auctions to Rocky Mountain scenery in the pictures Oh
Bierstadt and Moran interested the observer chehy "
the colossal in size or in the grotesque. Mr.
fraser's coors comparatively unpretendihg
but although he has to deal with nature on gianic
scale he does not size with surveyors chalh
lie does not neglect form and he gives suhcleac oi
details, but the most important thing is ALWAYS the
men of the planes aud masses OF his composition
with rcieence to each other to color values and 10 gen.
Al In ,,th rfa the ti-ss fO